CHESTER, Mass. (WWLP) – People living in the Hampden county hill town of Chester are filled with pride this weekend. Many of Chester’s 1,300 residents shared in the long awaited excitement of having ...

It took weeks of planning and measuring, but after a fleet of tow trucks spent hours pulling it, a piece of locomotive history arrived at its new home in western Massachusetts. About four months ago, ...

(Mass Appeal) – The small hamlet of Chester, MA is home to one of the last remaining wooden train stations in the area and it dates back to the 1860’s. Local historian David Pierce takes us back in ...

PLACE FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE CLASSIC TRAINS. >> SHE ENJOYED IT SO MHUC SHE DECIDE TRY OUT A SLEEPER CAR. >> HIKG,IN HISTORY, WATERFALLS. BROOKS THAT RUN THROUGH VALLEYS HUGGED BY HILLS AND MOUNTAIN, SET ...

CHESTER — The Chester Foundation/Chester Railway Station successfully moved the historic Bernie’s train car from Main Street to Emery Street through the Prospect Street underpass on Dec. 22. A notice ...

Although Westfield’s Dennis Picard retired as the director of Storrowton Village five years ago, he has not stopped living history, through reenactments, lectures and craft demonstrations. Picard will ...

Kim Wright-Jones was 7 years old when she stood holding the hand of her mother, Rosalind Wright, on June 8, 1968, waiting for Robert F. Kennedy’s funeral train to roll through the Chester train ...